Comparison of the severity of traumatic brain injuries in pedestrians and occupants of motor vehicles admitted to firat health center: A five-year series in an Eastern Turkish city

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Tokdemir, Mehmet ^a   Kafadar, Huseyin ^a   Turkoglu, Abdurrahim ^a   Deveci, S Erhan ^a   Colak, Cemil ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Glasgow coma scale; Motor vehicle; Pedestrian; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PEDESTRIAN; STOMACH INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58649096349     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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